title: Assessing difficulties in the hospital treatment of children and adolescents.
abstract: There are few studies of treatment difficulty with children and adolescents. The authors describe a preliminary phase of research in this area, specifically the development of a set of rating scales to assess factors in treatment difficulty, a study of interrater reliability, and factor analyses of the content of these scales. The next steps in this ongoing research project are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Menninger Clinic, Topeka, KS 66601-0829.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Colson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: O'Malley
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Hyland
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cornsweet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McParland
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Coyne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011594:Psychometrics